Cage & Aviary Birds

Cage & Aviary Birds is written by bird experts for bird fanciers and is packed with club, show and bird related news, advice, birds for sale and comment. Established in 1902, Cage & Aviary Birds provides a wealth of practical advice and tips from the top names in the bird world, plus opinion, controversy, species and hobbyist profiles and nostalgia.

GFCC UK: shaping the next century

Haith's Prize Draw

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Over 2,000 breeding pairs of little egrets!

LATEST UPDATE: case closures continue to pick up speed

DEFRA: MP to question licence amendments

Park Life

A letter to the secretary of state • Last month, Parrot Society chairman DAVID DICKASON sent the following letter to environment secretary Emma Reynolds, protesting about the new law on bird gatherings in England. As with previous letters that Cage & Aviary Birds has published, it might be suitably adapted for other clubs or individuals to send

DEFRA'S INVITATION

Editor's Letter

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The kalabukays are coming! • Critically endangered cockatoos are being translocated to a remote Philippine island in order to safeguard the species’ future. DAVID WAUGH has the full story of this project and Loro Parque's support for it

Life with the new licensing law • Drawing on comparisons with the regulations for fancy and racing pigeons, DAVE BROWN considers the hobby's next steps with regards to operating shows and other gatherings

Alan Wilson: a lifetime in the fancy • Long renowned for his fine and distinctive Fife fancies, ALAN WILSON is now garnering much respect in the Border canary hobby, too. STUART MASON meets this outstanding birdkeeper

To dream or not to dream? • Birds are known for their flight and migration, complex social behaviours and high intelligence. One aspect of bird biology remains a mystery: their dreamlife. PAUL DONOVAN explains the little we know - and what might remain to be discovered

The 5-Pet Rule: will it help us? • Having heard suggestions made on internet forums that the way to import birds from the EU is to use the 5-Pet Rule, DONALD SKINNER-REID - possessing an inquisitive mind - asked DEFRA some questions and answered theirs in return. Here's what he found

The quest goes on • Respected champion RICK WATTS summarises his development as an exhibition breeder and describes his ongoing drive to produce better budgerigars. Continues from last week

A pigeon puzzle: what to call them • Names do matter! HEIN VAN GROUW shows how the names that we choose for ‘feral pigeons' reflect what we think about them - and that some past suggestions have been radically unsuitable. So what is the ‘right' name?

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Club News • Welcome to the club and show pages – the bit that's all about you

Battle of the English cinnamons

It was only a year ago… • 2025

A proud Scottish tradition soaring into the future

Obituary

Club roundup • Show reports, dates, club notices

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